unitid 238032 · Morgantown, WV · public 4-year · city (small)
West Virginia University
- enrollment 2023
- 27,398
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
89%
66th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
17,385
84th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
20th pctl among public 4-years
completion
65%
finish within 150% time
83rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,415
72nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,634
after aid, aided students
70th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,939
after entry, Title IV students
65th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,500
76th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,450 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k23%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+29%
- Median family income
- $60,096
- First-generation students
- 30%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,104
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 200 | $56,314 | $25,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 186 | $80,411 | $26,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 185 | $52,918 | — |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 162 | $66,596 | $21,250 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 161 | $90,443 | $26,242 |
| Psychology, General. | 155 | $50,337 | $23,328 |
| Marketing. | 154 | $70,041 | $23,852 |
| Journalism. | 152 | $59,325 | $24,250 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 148 | $85,564 | — |
| Criminology. | 146 | $55,034 | — |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General. | 144 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 140 | $57,866 | $23,090 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.